7 March 2017 Jordan Archer Millwall goalkeeper photographed in London for a feature with Henry WinterNot known refer to copyright holder

Millwall’s goalkeeper, Jordan Archer, walks into White Hart Lane this weekend and takes a trip down memory lane. Archer spent six years with Spurs. He got club-suited and booted, travelling as far afield as Tromso, Dnipro and Lisbon. He sat on the bench with Harry Winks at Benfica in 2014, watching proudly and a little enviously as his friend Harry Kane went on and began making a name for himself.

He shared a dressing-room with Jan Vertonghen, Mousa Dembélé, Christian Eriksen, Kyle Walker and Danny Rose. He learnt from Hugo Lloris, even helping Gareth Bale hone his shooting. Born in nearby Walthamstow, Archer was in the match-day squad for one Premier League and five Europa League games. “But I didn’t make the first team bow,”…

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